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[wing_attack]

[... He's awake. He's awake and he's inside somewhere and that's not where he was last, so he bolts outdoors as fast as he can, heedless of the weather or the fact that it's the middle of the night. It's wet, but he doesn't care - he hops on Regal and flies out of town as fast as he can, heading towards Ilex Forest.]

[Regal can tell that Tobias isn't doing well, but he can't make it there before he has to land. Tobias takes shelter under a tree, and types out a brief message to the network.]

im awake again if anyone was looking for me went home or something

i dont want to talk about it

[That's it. He curls up on the grass and starts crying, and Regal tries to comfort him but Tobias just stiffens when he's touched, so Regal just sits next to him awkwardly and tries to rest.]

[Then again, since the biannual weirdness has just ended, it wouldn't be surprising if people are in random places, so if someone has managed to end up on Route 34 near Ilex Forest, it's not exactly hard to spot the giant bird near the side of the road.]

[[ooc; Just as a warning, there's going to be spoilers in this post for the end of Animorphs!]]

Comments

[in_praetego]

[ Geez, that's weird. Looks like he wasn't the only one who had a sporadic really long nap. The last time this happened to him, he didn't quite hear about it happening to anyone else but well, it was good to know that he wasn't the only one. ]

You too, huh?

[wing_attack]

yeah it was

weird

[in_praetego]

Tell me about it.

[ let's just leave out the bit about his brother playing connect-the-dots with his moles and that he isn't 100% clean yet. ]

How long were you out, if you don't mind my asking?

[wing_attack]

my gear says i was out a week

at home it was more like nearly a year

[in_praetego]

[ Home...? ]

My gear says I was out for a month but nothing really happened.

Did you end up going home?

[wing_attack]

unless i dreamed all of that yyeah i did

[in_praetego]

[ Yup, that's definitely weird. ]

That happened to someone I know... but that's never happened to me yet. I'm not really sure if I want it to.

Are you okay?

[wing_attack]

would not recommendd it



im not injured

[Tobias, that's not the same thing.]

[in_praetego]

As much as I'd want to go home, I'd rather not dream it.

[ He won't pry further though. He knows that answer, having given it in some form himself and when he does give it, he usually has a reason for doing so.

Surely, Tobias has his reasons too, right? ]

[wing_attack]

home was not great

i wish i could say it was a dream but it was too real

[in_praetego]

That's the same thing that friend of mine said.

That it was almost like a dream but it felt too real to be a dream.

[wing_attack]

i dont know what to do about it

[in_praetego]

Do you want to talk about it?

[wing_attack]

not really its not something that i can explain that easily anyway

[in_praetego]

I understand completely.

Still, thanks for telling me. I appreciate it.

[wing_attack]

you're welcome???

[in_praetego]

I should've explained.
See, I've been trying to get more information on those odd periods of hibernation. Sorry if that came out of nowhere.

[wing_attack]

maybe i can answer more later now is just not good

[in_praetego]

No pressure. We can always talk about this some other time.